Conditions:Shrieking Eels Canyon-20160223003102

Latest:	14 Feb 2016 (9 yrs, 2 mos ago)

Reported by:	DMonroy (188 reports)
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Comments: We loved this canyon. It has more of a canyon feel to it that some of the more vertical cliff-like canyons in the Princess Bride Range. There are some crazy variations in geology in the area, fossils, some narrows, and a few fun steep rappels and down climbs. We counted 9 rappels, the 10th being a meat anchored rappel only because the rock was impossibly crumbly to descend safely.

Moved from main canyon page by Bjp (talk) 19:33, 22 February 2016 (EST)

All condition reports

Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
29 Nov 2024	Good	Dry			9 hours	10 people Brand new to Expert	Tmack0 (5 reports)
Comment: Large group with some newbies. Replaced most (all?) webbing. Canyon was nice, not as pretty as some of the others near it, but worth visiting. Main page beta is a bit off, maybe depending on how stuff is rigged. We had 2x210' 1x120' ropes and only had to tie an extra pull for ~20' on R3 (landing on first bit of sloping ledge, you could make it longer if you rap further down). Listing drop height, not rope length in this report. 2hr approach hike, same as for Pits of Despair. We got R1: pebble-chok 35', 15' climbdown, R2: 85' rock cairn, R3: 95' rock cairn RDC, long walk/boulder hopping, climb downs into R4: 20' boulder wrap, R5: rock chock LDC 50' 2 stage around a corner, R6: rock chock LDC 50', R7: knot chock Centered ~10' back 25' + 15' 2 stage 10' between, ~10' rock chute slide, R8: Rock arch 10' back from edge 2 stage 15' + 8', 12' LDC chute slide/climb? R9: boulder sling 15' and exit in the dark after a long slow day.
14 Feb 2016							DMonroy (188 reports)
Comment: We loved this canyon. It has more of a canyon feel to it that some of the more vertical cliff-like canyons in the Princess Bride Range. There are some crazy variations in geology in the area, fossils, some narrows, and a few fun steep rappels and down climbs. We counted 9 rappels, the 10th being a meat anchored rappel only because the rock was impossibly crumbly to descend safely. Moved from main canyon page by Bjp (talk) 19:33, 22 February 2016 (EST)
5 Dec 2015	Good	Dry	None	Normal	6 hours	3 people Intermediate to Expert	Xenonrocket (102 reports)
Comment: Took our time with this one. Nice canyon, but as with a lot of canyons in Death Valley, the approach is pretty long. It'd be cool if someone found a shortcut. The distance between the first 2 longer rappels and the rest of the technical section is quite long and not very interesting and adds a lot to the approach. Pit of Despair was tempting after we got to the top of it, but the water conditions were unknown.
29 Oct 2015	Ok	Dry	None	Special challenges	8 hours	2 people Brand new to Expert	Bioject (12 reports)
Comment: The ascent to the canyon was straight forward. You take the same approach as Pit of Despair. Unfortunately the canyon isn't nearly as good as Pit of Despair. If I were you I would just do that. From the looks of it, I think we're the second group to ever do this canyon because all the rigging looks like Scott's. Most of it I had to change out since it was pretty old. I wouldn't consider this a beginner canyon only because of how many anchors needed to be rebuilt or recreated. On one of the more interesting narrow section rappels, I opted to build a classic deadman with a small rock instead of the knot shock. It was pretty solid. Expect to spend a lot of time rebuilding anchors. Make you're confident with doing that. The good news is that there is one awesome surprise in the canyon that made it slightly worth it. I won't spoil it for you. Just remember this. After you finish a rappel down a narrow chute about 60' (the one with the deadman anchor I built), look to your left to see the surprise.